duteous

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Exception 3.—Final y is sometimes changed into e: as, duty + ous = duteous; beauty + ous = beauteous.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton

He spoke: high Jove assenting bow'd the head, And floating clouds of nectar'd fragrance shed: Then, lowly bending to th' Eternal Sire, Each in his duteous rank, the gods retire.

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de

She burst out into a fit of laughter at my duteous principles.

From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana

Her maids around her moved, a duteous band!

From The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir by Collins, William

"Mustn't rush things," he'd told himself, as if those three days had been three years' duteous service of a knight of old.

From The Disturbing Charm by Ruck, Berta